Technology has sucked the romance out of relationships. Just ask my grandparents.
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time with the old people in my life. Every weekend this month I have flown 3,000 miles to the East Coast to listen to them recap the stories of their youth. I have listened to them talk [...]
Posts Tagged ‘love’
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Posted in love, my people, tagged family, love, love lessons i learned from the old people in my life, relationships, technology on November 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
in her words
Posted in love, my people, tagged family, grandmothers, love, love lessons i learned from the old people in my life on October 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My Nana is dying. She has advanced emphysema and struggles to breathe every day. She is disappearing pound by pound before my eyes and for the past week I have had the privilege of helping my mother and aunt Dot take care of her at my parents’ home in Massachusetts. In 28 years, I have [...]
barfly conversations
Posted in love, tagged lessons i learned from the old people in my life, love, relationships, serial upgraders, technology on August 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m pretty sure technology is ruining my love life. Either that or the problem is actually me. So naturally, I am going to assume society’s transfixion with serial upgrading to the next best thing is the reason I remain without a steady make out partner.
My theory was discussed over beers with a stranger I [...]
hopeful
Posted in love, tagged life, love, relationships on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I interviewed a retired professor yesterday. We were supposed to talk about his research. We were supposed to talk about how he shaped his field and impacted two generations of young scientists. We were supposed to talk about his hopes for the future. We were not supposed to talk about love.
But that is exactly [...]
fumbling through spring
Posted in love, tagged gay marriage, love, relationships on May 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There is a troublesome moment when you discover your heart slipped through the cracks and went and fell in love again. The moment is fleeting, typically some tiny instance the other person remembers as an afterthought, if at all, a moment that leaves you shaken and smiling to yourself on the bus and wondering how [...]
a place to call home
Posted in all, love, tagged apartment searching, life, love, new beginnings, san francisco on May 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
There is nothing quite like apartment searching. Yes, it’s stressful. Yes, it’s time consuming and emotionally draining looking for what boils down to an 800-square foot space of sheet rock and hardwood. But, in my opinion, where you choose to rest your head at night is one of the most important decisions you can make [...]
What we want…a work in progress
Posted in love, tagged life partners, love, relationships, what women want on May 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this week a male friend asked me to collaborate with him on a start up venture certain to change the world, certain to make him/us money. Naturally I was interested in learning the finer details of his surefire plan. I like helping people. I like money.
While I cannot reveal the scope of the business, [...]
12 hours later and still confused
Posted in love, tagged douchebag moves, Eagle vs. Shark, love, movie night, relationships on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been awhile since I watched a film that made me a bit uncomfortable. But Eagle vs. Shark is one that is endearing and honest and depressingly funny. It strikes a nerve with anyone who has felt they never quite fit in, anyone who has been in love or thinks they have.
Yesterday our Sunday Night [...]
Confession
Posted in all, my people, tagged confessions, friends, love, the adorable stalker on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been keeping something from you. I wouldn’t say I have been outright lying, however, I have been withholding information. Look, it’s not like you ever asked. Still … I feel guilty. So here it is. The whole truth – shameful as it may be.
For the past two months I have been stalking someone. [...]
